Brief Therapies and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy

Table of Contents

Introduction1

Brief Therapy and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy1

Effectiveness of Brief Therapies2

Challenges of Brief Therapy2

Conclusion2

References4

Brief Therapies and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy

Introduction

Therapy is an effective and efficient way of dealing with psychological problems which often cause other medical and behavioral problems as well. It is necessary for the therapeutics to develop an understanding of the client's need and situation. Attempts have been made to advance further in ways to make therapy brief, direct, and more efficient. Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SBFT) or simply brief therapy is the name given to such practices. The following sections discuss the challenges and effectiveness of dealing with traumatic stress in children. The effects of any mishap in childhood can cause psychological, behavioral, medical problems not only in childhood but also during later stages in life as a spouse, and as a parent, therefore, early interventions are of prime importance in these cases.

Brief Therapy and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy

Brief therapy and solution-focused brief therapy is all about efficiency of the therapist to specifically work on the circumstances of individual rather than applying broader practices in his/her knowledge. The definition of brief therapy is not concretely defined and there is no agreement upon the time a brief therapy might take. It is often contrasted with long term therapy, which is intermittent while the brief therapy may occur episodically over years when working for challenging problem such as trauma or abuse in severe form.

Children are great asset to any nation and need to be taken care of for a better future. However, certain mishaps can occur to them and it is necessary to eradicate or minimize the negative consequences of them as early as possible. An estimate in 2010 revealed that, 3.3 million children maltreatments were reported to child protective agencies involving almost 6 million children (HHS. 2010). A national survey in the year 2009 by David Finkelhor and colleagues showed that, 6.1% of the children experienced sexual victimization, 25.3% witnessed violence and 46.3% children experienced physical assault. Events like these can easily be converted into trauma over which parents have little experience to deal with. The impact of such incidents on the mental of child can b elaborated with the statistics that, children experiencing neglect or abuse are 59% more likely to be arrested as juvenile, 25% more likely to become pregnant in teen ages (Smith, Ireland, and Thornberry. 2005), 30% more likely to commit violent crimes, ...